If you're lucky enough to have the latest MediaSmart Server EX490/EX495 or the DataVault X510, HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo lets you transfer shows over from a TiVo DVR onto your server and watch them from any PC, Mac, Xbox, or PS3 on your network. Or you can move your TiVo recordings from the server back onto the TiVo. This new trick also lets you manage your recordings from the MediaSmart server.

Our upgrade disk is on the way (for $30 and no way to download it — damn you, HP!), so we'll test this new TiVo back-and-forth routine as soon as we get it. But c'mon, HP. Backward compatibility — heard of it?